In a ceremony that demonstrated the size and strength of Bay Ridge’s vibrant Greek-American community, hundreds of people gathered at a construction site on Sunday to mark the groundbreaking for a new community center for the Greek School of Plato. … Full Article

It was a rousing victory celebration at the Bay Ridge Manor on Tuesday night, when a proud and beaming state Sen. Marty Golden took the microphone and declared his Deputy Chief of Staff John Quaglione the winning City Council candidate in the Republican primary. … Full Article

Justin Brannan and John Quaglione, who both spent many years working as aides to elected officials in Bay Ridge, now have a chance to become lawmakers themselves after posting stunning victories in Tuesday’s Democratic and Republican primaries in Brooklyn’s 43rd Council District (C.D.), setting u … Full Article

Mark Kindschuh is getting a military medal after all. The young Bay Ridge man who helped save a victim’s life during a terrorist attack in London in June will be awarded the ROTC’s Medal of Heroism, according to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan. … Full Article

A special commission formed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in the wake of recent events in Charlottesville to study statues and monuments in New York City to determine if they should remain or be taken down is a waste of time, according of the mayor’s likely Republican opponent. … Full Article

State Sen. Marty Golden has initiated what he hopes will become a new tradition in Dyker Heights — the first Asian Lion and Dragon Dance Festival at Leif Ericson Park at 66th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. … Full Article

Linda Sarsour, a Bay Ridge political firebrand who shot to nationwide fame after organizing the historic Women’s March on Washington in January, has been named one of the top 50 political trendsetters in the country by Politico, the influential, must-read website covering Washington, D.C. … Full Article